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“Selected Salvos 2” is the second Fun&Freedom Book by Garry Reed, the self-proclaimed Loose Cannon Libertarian. One reviewer said his writing bordered on H.L. Mencken and Groucho Marx. My opinion is that it's more more akin to...

Thin Mints are on back order! One bakery,Little Brownie Bakers, have had such a demand for the popular cookie that they have had to delay deliveries of ALL cookies by FIVE WHOLE DAYS! Girl Scouts USA said that a whopping 6 percent of its 112 Girl...

CNN reported on Tuesday that Jon Stewart has announced his intention to leave “The Daily Show,” a job he has held since 1999. The reaction to the news has been somewhat mixed. Though Stewart has been popular with left-leaning...

World reaction to this month's terror attacks and killing of police and a newspaper office in France may be serious, but many are responding to the U.S. president with the weapon these terrorists hate most: Satire.“Did you hear who...

One of the founding members of the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo has accused its slain editor, Stéphane Charbonnier, or Charb, of “dragging the team” to their deaths by releasing increasingly provocative cartoons.Henri...

On Thursday January 15, Pope Francis was speaking to reporters on an airplane en route to the Philippines. In response to the recent attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week, in which twelve people were killed by Muslim...

In 1729, satirist Jonathan Swift published, anonymously, what would become one of the most infamous documents ever written: A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for...

Satire, by its very nature, is without borders. When a satirist notices squirming in the seats of his audience or his intuitive radar starts second guessing the satirical jape, then he knows he's on to something. It's a constant battle...

'Black Mirror' has certainly created a bit of a stir among those who are on board with a British perspective on things.Considering this for my area of coverage is cheating a little bit as it is only available on Region 2 DVD and is shown...

The Ebola virus, endangered butterflies, and the North Korea Happy Hackers were among highlights of the satirical romp that filled the streets of Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood for the 33rd annual King Mango Strut on Sunday, December 28,...

( Comanche Pass, SD) Santa Claus, internationally beloved icon of the Christmas season, is in intensive care at a local hospital, in critical condition. The only information that we have on this tragedy comes from the Department of Homeland...

Santa Claus was delayed as he traveled through Chicago early Thursday morning, satirically speaking. At approximately 12:57 a.m., a call to 911 with Santa Claus’ name and number appearing on the 911-call center’s caller ID asserted...

Santa Claus has been kidnapped by a conspiracy of imperialist villains, led by the notorious Johan Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt (da.da-da-da-da-da-da). It is up to urbane, sophisticated Super Spy Hardy Flint (ala James Bond) to rescue Santy and make...

I confess: The Onion and its spinoffs on the web can be fun to read. Even more fun, though, is doing a Google search after the fact to see whichhapless tools got caught in the satirical net bymistaking a spoof for a real news story.The latest...

When legendary psychiatrist, journalist and Algerian Liberation figure Frantz Fanon's "Black Skin, White Masks" (published in 1952 just nine years before his death at 36) arrived, his book caused an awakening and a stir. Mr. Fanon...